In the glass
Aroma: yellow apple, almond, honeysuckle, wet stone
Palate: lemon curd, hazelnut, salinity, creamy oak
Italy's pioneering barrique-aged Chardonnay, in continuous production at the high-altitude Pomino estate since 1973.
What it pairs with
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Lardo di Colonnata on toast
Cured pork fat meets the wine's salty mineral. -
Pollo arrosto with rosemary
Roast chicken with oak-aged Chardonnay. -
Risotto with porcini
Hazelnut-oak meets mushroom umami.
History
Benefizio is Frescobaldi's barrique-aged Chardonnay from high-altitude Pomino (550 to 700 metres), pioneering Italian oak-aged Chardonnay since 1973.
- 1973 — First barrique-aged Pomino Benefizio Chardonnay
Facts
- Producer
- Frescobaldi Tenuta di Pomino
- Grapes
- Chardonnay (100%)
- Classification
- Pomino DOC Bianco Riserva
- Oak
- 12 months in French oak barriques, partial malolactic
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Price
- EUR 30 to 45 at retail
- Drinking window
- 3 to 12 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1973
Scores
- Wine Advocate 94 (2021 vintage, reviewed 2023)
- Vinous 93 (2020 vintage, reviewed 2023)